Measuring frailty in Dutch community-dwelling older people: reference values of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI)
Objectives The objectives of this study were to provide reference values of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) for community-dwelling older people by age, sex, marital status, ethnicity, education, income, and residence, and examine the effects of these seven socio-demographic variables on frailty. Methods 47,768 individuals aged 65 years and older living in the Netherlands completed a health questionnaire (58.5% response rate), including the TFI. The TFI is a self-report questionnaire for measuring frailty, developed from an integral approach of frailty, including physical, psychological, an... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
Schlagwörter: | Community-dwelling older people / Ethnicity / Frailty / Reference values / Socio-demographic variables / Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) / Taverne / Health(social science) / Ageing / Gerontology / Geriatrics and Gerontology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27069494 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/407383 |